Rappler reported that the six justices who dissented and voted against it were Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and Associate Justices Presbitero Velasco, Marvic Leonen, Estela Perlas-Bernabe, Benjamin Caguioa and Mariano del Castillo.

Supreme Court votes for ouster of Chief Justice Sereno (Photo: Kami)

According to Constitutional Law Professor Dan Gatmaytan, the senate may be able to invoke its constitutional mandate as an impeachment court. If it would be asserting its jurisdiction, it could bring about a constitutional crisis.

He said, "When they started doing that, ignoring what the law says for a political outcome, it diminishes itself, and I think that's what the Court is walking into right now,"

According to Theodore Te, Supreme Court Spokesperson, the decision ordered the Judicial and Bar Council to "commence the application and nomination process" for the next Chief Justice.

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